Thread: Ivory or bone ?
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Old 23rd June 2016, 10:46 AM   #7
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
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Originally Posted by asomotif
Ivorine, as used on kitchenknifes, can look very much like this.
Sometimes including the lines.
However, I think that ivorine would not crack like this handle

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Willem
I looked at two replacement substances for Ivory... Ivorine which was invented in 1899 thus too late for this..and Bakelite also a later invention... I have to say I think Ivory in this case... I cannot see the full stamps thus unable to say who the maker may be ...
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